Virat Kohli - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Virat Kohli - 371 - Kohli put the disappointment of scoring a pure 0 last week behind him with 3 70+ hauls of runs and a first Cricketer of the Week since December 2019.

2. Dawid Malan - 214 - Was facing a lot of doubters before the last T20. Has dragged his average up from 83 points per active week to 104.83 with this second place finish.

3. Ben Stokes - 194 - The lowest scoring of the three players from Ind Vs Eng. Didn't really take off with bat or ball to further force his agenda.

4. David Warner - 148 - Another big score for the Aussie sees him continue to improve week on week. It is his second successive week in fourth.

5. Quinton De Kock - 138 - A welcome return for Quinny who showed us a wicket-keeping masterclass in his 4-Day Franchise Series match against the Lions.

Overall Top 5

1. Joe Root - 1498 - Yet another inactive week from Joe Root however with no pressure from below, he retains top spot.

2. Ravichandran Ashwin - 1438 - Manages to stave off the charge from below despite being inactive....more from meteorological reasons than cricketing ones.

3. Marnus Labuschagne - 1389 - Was all set to move up into second this week....until his Sheffield Shield game was rained off after Day One. Probably one of the more unfair scores of 0 you will see this year.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 1069 - Another disappointing score from the West Indian but he has done enough in this low scoring week to retain fourth spot for 4 weeks.

5. Peter Handscomb - 863 - Becomes the first Cricketer to hold 5th place in the last 5 weeks.....despite scoring 0 in his Sheffield Shield game this week.

Highest Players by Format

Long Form - Joe Root - 1498
50 Over - Nicholas Pooran - 431
T20 - Glenn Maxwell - 822

Top 3 Average Points Per Active Week


1. Ravichandran Ashwin - 287.6
2. Steve Smith - 216.67
3. Joe Root – 214

Whilst there was no change at the top of the table, the players with the bottom 6 averages have all moved up this week. The most significant mover was Virat Kohli who went up a huge 55.1 points – up to 50.4 to 105.5 points per active week.

Points by Discipline
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Runs - Joe Root - 878
Batting Bonus - Joe Root - 160
Strike Rate - Nicholas Pooran - 260

Wickets - Ravichandran Ashwin - 680
Wicket Bonus - Ravichandran Ashwin - 170
Economy - Ravichandran Ashwin - 300

Fielding – * Quinton De Kock – 210
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 60

Week

Virat Kohli- 371
Dawid Malan - 214
Ben Stokes - 194
David Warner - 148
Quinton De Kock - 138
Peter Siddle - 60
Nicholas Pooran- 25
Peter Handscomb- 0
Marnus Labuschagne- 0

Moeen Ali - dnp
Ravichandran Ashwin - dnp
Babar Azam- dnp
Jasprit Bumrah- dnp
Simon Harmer - dnp
Glenn Maxwell - dnp
Joe Root- dnp
Steve Smith- dnp
Kane Williamson - dnp

Total

Joe Root - 1498
Ravichandran Ashwin - 1438
Marnus Labuschagne- 1389
Nicholas Pooran - 1069
Peter Handscomb- 863
Glenn Maxwell - 822
Ben Stokes - 722
Babar Azam - 699
Kane Williamson - 653
Steve Smith - 650
Virat Kohli- 633
Dawid Malan - 629
Peter Siddle - 514
David Warner - 485
Quinton de Kock - 364
Moeen Ali - 349
Jasprit Bumrah - 325
Simon Harmer - 96

Peter Handscomb - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Top 5 for the Week

1. Peter Handscomb - 312 - A prolific multi-discipline week for the Victorian captain. His debut season on the Lit last year was severely Covid effected; this marks his inaugural Cricketer of the Week award.

2. Marnus Labuschagne - 171 - After a poor week and an inactive week, Marnus was back to scoring big runs this week across both the Sheffield Shield and the Marsh Cup.

3. Peter Siddle - 164 - Siddle was the longest inactive player at 5 weeks without a game before this week's return to domestic action. He had dropped from 7th to 14th in that time however is back in good nick and places just outside the top ten overall.

4. David Warner - 133 - 5th placed last week. 4th placed this. Warner's return to domestic Cricket has seen him move up from 18th to 14th over the last fortnight.

5. Nicholas Pooran - 98 - Another modest week for the big-hitting West Indian - however just creeps into the top 5 again. Keeps on scoring points despite playing fourth fiddle in games.

Overall Top 5

1. Joe Root - 1498 - An inactive week from Root - however it is starting to tighten up with all of the top 3 within 100 points of each other.

2. Ravichandran Ashwin - 1438 - A well earned break and Ashwin holds onto the silver medal by the skin of his teeth. He is just 49 points off third place.

3. Marnus Labuschagne - 1389 - His success for Queensland this week wasn't quite enough for the Aussie to reclaim second spot this week.

4. Nicholas Pooran -1044 - Pooran retains fourth spot for the fourth week of a row. Quietly accumulating points. He becomes the fourth man to cross the 1000 point mark.

5. Peter Handscomb - 863 - This week's Cricketer of the Week leaps up the table. He started the week in ninth place and now knocks Glenn Maxwell out of the top 5. 5th spot seems to be a one week accolade. Maxwell then Smith then Williamson over the last month.

Highest Players by Format

Long Form - Joe Root - 1498
50 Over - Nicholas Pooran - 406
T20 - Glenn Maxwell - 822

Top 3 Average Points Per Active Week

1. Ravichandran Ashwin - 287.6
2. Steve Smith - 216.67
3. Joe Root - 214

Points by Discipline

Runs - Joe Root - 878
Batting Bonus - Joe Root - 160
Strike Rate - Nicholas Pooran - 260

Wickets - Ravichandran Ashwin - 680
Wicket Bonus - Ravichandran Ashwin - 170
Economy - Ravichandran Ashwin - 300

Fielding - Nicholas Pooran - 170
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 20



Week

Peter Handscomb- 312
Marnus Labuschagne- 171
Peter Siddle- 164
David Warner - 133
Nicholas Pooran- 98
Dawid Malan - 64
Ben Stokes- 20
Glenn Maxwell - 1
Virat Kohli- 0
Kane Williamson - 0

Moeen Ali - dnp
Ravichandran Ashwin- dnp
Babar Azam- dnp
Jasprit Bumrah- dnp
Quinton De Kock- dnp
Simon Harmer - dnp
Joe Root - dnp
Steve Smith - dnp

Total

Joe Root - 1498
Ravichandran Ashwin - 1438
Marnus Labuschagne- 1389
Nicholas Pooran - 1044
Peter Handscomb- 863
Glenn Maxwell - 822
Babar Azam - 699
Kane Williamson - 653
Steve Smith - 650
Ben Stokes - 528
Peter Siddle - 454
Dawid Malan - 415
Moeen Ali - 349
David Warner - 337
Jasprit Bumrah - 325
Virat Kohli- 252
Quinton de Kock - 226
Simon Harmer - 96

Ravichandran Ashwin - The Best Cricketer of the Week

 

Weekly Top 5

1. Ravichandran Ashwin - 283 - Undoubtedly the Cricket list player of the Ind v Eng series. Got over 500 points more than any other player. Also is only the third player (after Ben Stokes and Babar Azam) to win Cricketer of the Week in three consecutive weeks.

2. Glenn Maxwell - 238 - The Big Show flicked the switch and was back to being a phenomenal allrounder yet again. Showed his batting prowess in the third NZ v AUS T20 and then showed his skills with the ball in the fourth.

3. Ben Stokes - 217 - Got points more for dedication and perseverance than performance. 27.4 gut-busting overs yielded four wickets which made up over 50% of his highest weekly score of 2021.

4. Babar Azam - 152 - Gallingly high score for Azam whose PSL journey is put on hold for a little while. Was making good progress up The List after two top 5 finishes in consecutive weeks.

5. David Warner - 127 - Warner needed a big score after having found himself rock bottom of The List for the last three weeks. His Marsh Cup century sees him up one spot leaving Simon Harmer at rock bottom.

Overall Top 5

1. Joe Root - 1498 - Mixed bag of a series for Root whose scores degraded as the Tests went on - 348 in the First Test down to just 85 in the Fourth. Holds on to the top spot by a mere 60 points.

2. Ravichandran Ashwin - 1438 - Another bumper haul of points sees him comfortably overtake Labuschagne into second place - however he is still just shy of top spot.

3. Marnus Labuschagne - 1218 - An inactive week for Marnus sees him drop out of the top two spots for the first time since the third week of January.

4. Nicholas Pooran - 956 - A disappointing start to the Sri Lanka series. Was more the mild mannered Jekyll rather than his high impact Hyde in the first two contests.

5. Glenn Maxwell - 821 - Back into the top 5 after two weeks away. Such is the weight of Maxwell's scoring, that he is never too far away from bursting up a few places. This week he went the mere two from 7 to 5.

Highest Players by Format

Long Form - Joe Root - 1498
50 Over - Nicholas Pooran - 361
T20 - Glenn Maxwell - 821

This is worth deconstructing a little more. We now have 5 antipodean players who have featured in more than one format of the game.

Peter Handscomb and Marnus Labuschagne have featured in all 3 formats and both have fairly equal points between the Longest Form and the shortest. Handscomb favours T20 with 267 to 233 in that direction whilst it is reversed for Marnus who has 604 to 566.

Kane WIlliamson - who has just featured in T20 and Tests - is almost equal with 318 from the Test series against Pakistan and 335 from an amalgamation of T20 games.

Two players that show the biggest gaps are Steve Smith and David Warner. Steve Smith has scored the majority of his points in Test matches compared to Warner who has scored more in one single Marsh Cup match than he did in the two Tests he played against India.

Top 3 Average Points Per Active Week

1. Ravichandran Ashwin - 287.6 (Down from 288.75)
2. Steve Smith - 216.67
3. Joe Root - 214 (Down from 235.5)

Points by Discipline

Runs - Joe Root - 878
Batting Bonus - Joe Root - 160
Strike Rate - Nicholas Pooran

Wickets - Ravichandran Ashwin - 68-
Wicket Bonus - Ravichandran Ashwin - 170
Economy - Ravichandran Ashwin - 300

Fielding - Nicholas Pooran - 160
Fielding Bonus - Quinton De Kock - 20

Week

Ravichandran Ashwin- 283
Glenn Maxwell - 238
Ben Stokes- 217
Babar Azam - 152
David Warner - 127
Joe Root - 85
Nicholas Pooran - 48
Kane Williamson - 27
Virat Kohli - 10

Moeen Ali - dnp
Jasprit Bumrah- dnp
Quinton De Kock- dnp
Peter Handscomb- dnp
Simon Harmer - dnp
Marnus Labuschagne- dnp
Dawid Malan - dnp
Peter Siddle - dnp
Steve Smith- dnp

Total

Joe Root - 1498
Ravichandran Ashwin - 1438
Marnus Labuschagne- 1218
Nicholas Pooran - 956
Glenn Maxwell - 821
Babar Azam - 699
Kane Williamson - 653
Steve Smith - 650
Peter Handscomb- 551
Ben Stokes - 508
Dawid Malan - 351
Moeen Ali - 349
Jasprit Bumrah - 325
Peter Siddle - 280
Virat Kohli- 252
Quinton de Kock - 226
David Warner - 204
Simon Harmer - 96